Management knows we hate being considered hourly employees. So they bring in the negotiators, show them some confidential pie charts, and use some five dollar management buzzwords. Viola, now ALPA is "part of the team," and as such can be manipulated to do things "for the good of the company" and not necessarily for the good of the pilots.
Wow PD. You have it all figured out. That's exactly what happened. "The negotiators were shown confidential pie charts, & swindled over the company's use of some $5 buzz words." (No offense Buzzpat.)
The very reason why we only received an 4/8.5/3/3 raise.
Dude, why did we need any negotiators at all last time. You could've done it single-handedly!!
We are hourly wage earners. We are not managers or executives. Of course it's possible to be professionals, and add value to the company in such a capacity. We show that every single day.
Being an hourly wage earner & acting like one, are two separate dealss. I never said we were managers, but why not tie more of our pay increases to the successes of the company like they do. (Theoretically we could've received the same 42% pay raise when Richard received his?) I don't want to be a Pilot Manager for the company, not do I have the schooling to be an Executive, but I'm sick of fighting each 3-5 years for an "hourly rate increase" (100%) when the Managers are receiving increases throughout that period based on the company success, given to then by the BOD.
But we are not now, and never will be, managers or executives. Let's stop fooling ourselves any differently, because we do so at the peril of our leverage at the bargaining table.
We don't need to be executives/managers. Just paid like them, absent the $$/hour.
